Positioning

Their wordsthe greatest Aid to judgment is starting from a good position this is such a key Insight we often think about making the best decision possible in the moment and forget about whether we're operating from a position of strength or weakness when the moment arises

Their wordsit's hard to appreciate that over the long run the average person who constantly puts themselves in a good position beats the genius who finds themsel in a poor position what looks like Talent is often good positioning

Their wordsone reason the best in the world make consistently good decisions is they rarely find themselves forced into a decision by circumstances they almost always operate from a position of strength

Their wordseventually everyone loses the battle with willpower sometimes it's really hard to do the things we want to do so we can use safeguards to to change our Behavior

Their wordsyour best self can create automatic rules for these situations before you face them your rule can be I don't eat dessert

Their wordslike joining groups whose default behaviors are your desired behaviors if you want to read more join a book club if you want to run more join a running club your chosen environment rather than your willpower alone will help nudge you towards the best choices

Their wordsif you define certain behavioral principles that protect you from the worst parts of your own psychology, um that's a winning strategy.

Their wordsI really think that spending time understanding yourself and then translating that into actionable guardrails that you write down and you stick to um, is a really important thing.

Their wordsI developed an exercise that I would write down my criteria for making those decisions so that would be my principles